Community briefs - Southside Reporter

The national nonprofit Operation Homefront is accepting nominations for the 2019 Military Child of the Year Award and the 2019 Military Child of the Year Award for Innovation.

The deadline for nominations is Dec. 5. All awards will be presented in April in Washington, D.C.

The annual awards will recognize seven outstanding young people, 13 to 18, who are legal dependents of a service member or military retiree. The six Military Child of the Year recipients will each represent a branch of the armed forces — the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard and National Guard — and demonstrate resiliency, leadership and achievement during their parents’ military service.

A seventh award, the Military Child of the Year Award for Innovation, is presented by global technology and consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton. It goes to a military child who has designed a creative solution to a local, regional or global challenge.

To nominate a child, visit militarychildoftheyear.org and click the Nominations tab.

San Antonio

Multimedia release

of oral history project

The Esperanza Peace and Justice Center will host the official multimedia release of “Still Here: Homenaje al Westside de San Antonio,” an oral history book and CD featuring all new original music by Lourdes Pérez, based on oral histories of 12 West Side elders and performed by 20 West Side musicians.

The event is Sunday, Nov. 11 from 2 to 7:30 p.m. at the Esperanza, 922 San Pedro Ave. Tickets are $10 presale; $15 at the door. Tickets available online at http://bit.ly/StillHereTix.

The event will include a dance performance, live readings by some of the elders whose stories were given to Pérez to create the songs, a book signing and a party starting at 5:45 p.m. with performances by Henry Gomez Trio + David González, and Los Texmaniacs unplugged featuring Bene Medina.

The CD includes a variety of genres such as blues, polka and swing. Pérez has released 11 albums and is the co-author and composer of the oral history-to-song, illustrated book and CD, “Dulce Vigilante: Remembranzas de la Región Oeste de Puerto Rico.”

St. Mary’s to host second talk on evolution, faith

Georgetown University theologian John F. Haught will be in San Antonio on Wednesday, Nov. 7 to discuss how Christian thinkers reconcile evolution with their faith.

The lecture “Evolution and Faith: What is at Stake?” will be at 7 p.m. at the University Center on the campus of St. Mary’s University. It’s part of the MacTaggart Catholic Intellectual Tradition Lecture Series, an annual event featuring scholars who’ve shaped Catholic thought.

Haught, who specializes in systematic theology with an interest in science, cosmology, evolution, ecology and religion, will examine how Darwinism can be compatible with Christian faith.

He is the author of numerous books, including “The New Cosmic Story: Inside Our Awakening Universe” and “Resting on the Future: Catholic Theology for an Unfinished Universe.”

The event is free. Parking will be available in Lot D near the N.W. 36th Street entrance, or Lot H near the Culebra Road entrance.

South Side

Palo Alto College hosts

Veterans Day ceremony

Palo Alto College will honor community members who have served or are serving in the armed forces during its annual Veterans Day recognition ceremony on Monday, Nov. 12 at 11 a.m. on the college’s South Side campus.

Veterans who have confirmed their plans to attend will be recognized and receive a complimentary memento during the ceremony. Refreshments will be provided for all guests following the ceremony.

Spurs Sports Academy has announced plans for its first Spurs 3v3 Holiday Classic basketball tournament on Dec. 22 at the George Gervin Academy, 6944 South Sunbelt Drive.

Registration includes a spot in the inaugural tournament and four Spurs tickets featuring a pregame courtside experience with the opportunity to purchase additional group tickets for friends and family. Registration is available at spurs.com/3v3 or by calling 210-328-0212.

The Spurs 3v3 Holiday Classic is a single-day tournament for boys and girls ages 8-17 and men and women of all ages and skill levels.

Registration for the tournament starts at $150 per team and includes four tickets to the Spurs vs. Denver Nuggets game on Dec 26. A $125 early-bird registration price is available for those who sign up for the tournament by Nov. 27.

The winning teams will receive a trophy, a T-shirt and will be recognized at the Spurs game on Dec. 26.